Candy-packaging machine.



PATENTED AUG. 23, '1904.

N. P. w. WIBDA. CANDY PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23, 19.03.

. INVENTCR,

ATTORNEYS 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1,

lll l I i L 1L N0 MODEL.

PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904.

No. 768x104.

E. P. W. WIBDA. CANDY PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23. 1903.

2 SHBETS-SHEET 2.

N0 MODEL,

|NVENT0Rl ATmRNEYS Patented August 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFTCE.

ERNST 1?. W. WIEDA, oF

PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

. CANDY- PACKAGING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 768,104, dated August 23, 1904.

l Application filed December 23,1963. Serial No. 186,355. (No model.)

To all whom/ it may concern: l i Be it known that I, ERNST F. W. WIEDA, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Patr' erson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candy-Packaging Machines; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make 'and use-the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings,"and y.to characters of reference marked thereon, which' form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a machine for use in packaging candies and other similar articles so as not lonly to expedite the packaging and reduce the cost of labor, but, which I View as of more importance, to eliminate the necessity of handling the goods. In the case of certain classes of candies, &o., particularly such aschocolate or cream coated ones, the least handling very materially deteriorates them by destroying that gloss and appearance of 'freshness which makes them attractive to the customer.

rIhe present invention is an improvement 'on that set forth in my'United States application Serial No. 131,/l30. v

In the accompanying drawings,lFigure 1 is a view in side elevation of a machine designed to accomplish the aforementioned objects. Fig. 2 is a top plan -view y"of lthe right-hand end portion of the machine as seen in Fig. 1.- Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side view involving that portion ofthe machine where the candies are dislodged from the sheets of paper on which they enter the. machine and transferred to their permanent packingsheets, a portion of the structure presented beingl in section. Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the right-hand end of the machine in a case where means is provided for automatically packing the candies mounted on their permanent packing-sheets in the boxes in which they are packaged, and Figg is la top plan View of what is seen in Fig. 4.

After the final step in theV processof making candies and the like they are usuallyvlaid in series of rows on sheets of paper until they harden sufficiently. They are afterward-im.

.dividually taken from the sheets and packed to the preferred'way in tiers, each tier being ipported by a sheet ofcardboard or the 1 e.y My machine is designed to do 4the work of removing the candies 4or other articles from the sheets of Apaper-on which they are placed to harden, then disposing them on the sheets of cardboard which support them in the box in which they are finally packed and then (according to the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5) successively laying such sheets thus laden with the candies in the proper disposition'in said box.. To this end the sheets of paper on which the candies are placed to harden and which are indicated at a in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are laid on an endless apron b, which extends around a roller c and the edge remote from said roller of a table d, said roller being in Fig. 1, and the table d being, if so desired, a part of the structure of theV frame g of the machine. l

In a bracket h, projecting from one side of the frame g and in said frame, is journaled from a pulley j', which it carries and onwhich is fixed a bevel-pinion k, meshing with a pinion Z on a shaft m, journaled in bearings n and extending toward the shaft'or trunnion 0 of the rollerv 0, withwhich shaft or trunnion the shaft n is intergeared, as by bevel-gearing pthe tabled', so as thereby to obviate its sagglng. Y

At the edge q of the table d the'papers must be deflected downwardly with the apron and y in the present'instance are designed to be piled on a support r, mountedin the frame g, to be used over again.

In orderv to guide thepapers around the edge q, I provide endless wires, cords, or other flexible connections s, which extend around pairs of pulleys t, supported in the frame. Onev pair of thesepulleys is disposed someby hand in a box, being disposed accordingl the main or drive shaft ,'which is rotated The upper stretch of the apron rests on' mounted in bearings e, made adjustableto and i from the table d by the meanslf illustrated Y what in advance of the edge q of the' table d. Ioo

and relatively close to the same, and these pulleys are engaged on their under sides by the wires, so that from these pulleys to the edge q of the table the'wires stand close to the papers, and so tend to guide them true. Two other pairs of these pulleys t are disposed close to the support r, the one above the other, the wires passing around the upper pair betweenthem and the support and then around the lower pair on the side which is the farther from the support, this arrangement of the two last-mentioned pairs of pulleysbeing designed to bring the wires close up to the support r, so that after the papers have been deflected around the edge 'g of the table d they will be carried by the wires rearwardly and piled on the support r. llhe wires are caused to advance in the same direction as the apron moves through the medium of 'a shaft u, which is connected at one end by bevel-gearing u w with the shaft m and at the other end by bevel-gearing y with a shaft z, carrying the upper one'of the two pairs of pulleys z5 adjacent the support r.

1 designates another table arranged in horizontal alinement with the table d and having its edge 2 brought close up to the edge q of the table d. The edge portion referred toof the table 1 may be relatively thickened up and well rounded, as at 3, so that the stifil paper or cardboard hereinafter referred to will stand lclose to its surface and not be broken.

Around the edge 2 of the table 1 and around rollers 11 and 5 extend spaced belts 6, provided with spurs 7 equidistantly spaced. These belts are held under tension and are driven by the roller 5, whose shaft 8 carries at one end a bevel-gear 9 in mesh with a bevel-pinion 10 on a shaft 11, journaled in the bracket /L and a bracket 12, and carrying another bevel-pinion 13, meshing with the pinion 1n a stand 14: is journaled a beam 15, carrying a roll 16, of cardboard or any other form of paper or the like,preferably stiened. For a purpose which will hereinafter appear this roll of paper is somewhat wider than the rows of candies are when finally discharged from the machine, and at regular intervals, correspond` ing in length to the number of rows of candies which make up one unit in the boX in which the candies are packaged, transverse slits 17 are formed. These slits of course do not extend entirely across the sheet, but leave in tact a marginal portion 18, whose width may depend on the strength and thickness of the paper, all as hereinafter indicated. rlhe marginal portion 18 may be provided with orifices 19, with which the spurs 7 on the belts Gare adapted to register, and thus cause the advance with them of the sheet fed from the roll 16. If the spurs 7 are sharp enough, these orifices may be dispensed with, the spurs being depended upon to puncture the sheet, and so get a sufcient grip thereon to cause its advance. y,

At 20 is an inverted grid consisting of a plate provided on its under side with convergent ribs or guides 21, the grid being supported by the frame g at such a distance above the same that the candies will clear the plate portion thereof in passing under it. Some or all of the ribs 21 may be provided with fingers 22, which project down into the space between the edges q and 2 of the table and act to guide the strip of cardboard from roll 16 around the edge 2.

In brackets 23 is journaled a shaft 24, on which are mounted two rotary knives 25. spaced a distance corresponding to the length of each slit 17in the strip of cardboard. The shaft 24 is rotated from the shaft c' by a belt 26, passing over pulleys 27 and 28 on said shafts. A

The operation of the machine as so far dcscribed is as follows: The sheets of paper or the like bearing the candies being suceessivel y deposited on the apron the latter carries them toward the edge q of the table (Z. At this point the papers being defiected downwardly with "the belt and then piled on the support fr the candies are taken up by the strip of cardboard from the roll 16, which is caused to advance by the belts 6. As the candies advance with the belt they enter between the ribs or walls 21 of the grids 20 and by virtue of their convergence are crowded together, as illustrated in F ig. 2, into a space which is not wider than the distance between the marginal portions of the strip of cardboard. Meanwhile the rotary knife is operating to cut the marginal portions of the strip `away from the body portion thereof-that is to say, the portion which is slit transversely-with the result that the strip of cardboard is converted into separated sections or sheets bearing the candies and marginal strips. The marginal strips may be deposited in receptacles 29 to be used for other purposes or discarded. r[he package units thus produced and each consisting of a separate sheet of cardboard or the like bearing a group of candies, may be either taken by hand from the table 1 and placed in their boxes or without being dcposited on said table after the cutting out of the sections or sheets of cardboard they may be automatically packed in their containers, as is illustrated in Figs. 4.- and 5. ln this instance the table 1 extends only approximately as far as the end of the frame g. The frame g carries a bracket 30, in whiehis adjustably secured by thumb-screws 31 the legs 32 of a support 33. This support has an opening` 31 therein to accommodate a plunger 35, having handles 36 and teeth 37. ln a bracket 38 isa pawl 39, normally pressed into engagement with the toothed portion of the plunger by a spring 40 and adapted to be drawn out of engagement with the plunger by a mechanism comprising a bell-crank lever 41, having one end pivoted to the free end of the pawl, a pitman 42, having one end pivoted to the IOC llur

ger, and 48 is the box proper, in whichfthe canv dies are immediately packed, the same having the side adjacent the table l removed and'being directly carried by the plunger. In the operation of this mechanism as the lugs 45 approach and actuate the bell-crank lever 44* in -other words, as fast as the sections of cardboard bearing the candies are cut out from the strip ofcardboard-the pawl 39 is drawn inwardly, to be thereupon immediately released by the lug having passed the lever 44, so that the result is that the plunger 35 drops only one tootheach time the Vpawl is drawn back.

. stantially horizontal and the adjacent ends of In order to protectv the tops of the candies from being damaged by the supporting-sheet of the next incoming tier or group of candies, an attendant may place a sh'eet of cardboard or paper over each tier of candies as it is delivered into the box.

As shown in the drawings, the grid 20is designed to be removable, so as to change it for another grid v,having its guides yarranged at a different distance from each other.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a machine for packaging candies or other similar articles,the combination of the frame, means for advancing the articles in substantially horizontal disposition,l a sheet-like support disposed in approximately lhorizontal alinement with the plane oi' advance of' said articles, and means for advancing said support, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for packaging candies or other similar articles on a portable supporting sheet or sheets, the combination of the frame, an endless'traveling belt having its upper stretch approximately horizontaland carrying said sheet or sheets, said belt having spurs adaptedto penetrate and thus grip said sheet or sheets, and means for'depositing said articles on said sheet or sheets, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for packaging candies or other similar articles, the combination of the frame, two endless iexible carrying or advanc-` ing devices having their upper stretches subsaid stretches close together, and means .for advancing 'said'iiexible devices in the same direction, substantially 'as described.

4. -In a machine for packaging candies or other similar articles, vthe combination of the frame, two endless ilexible carrying or advancing devices having their upper stretches substantiall'y horizontal and the adjacent ends of saidstretches close together,means for advancing said iiexible devices in the same direction, and a grid arranged above one of said devices and havingconvergent guides extending in the direction of advance of said devices, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for packaging candies or other similar articles, the combination of the frame, means for advancing a sheet-like .support for said articles, means lfor depositing the articles on lsaid support, and means for electing the separation of said support intopermanent divisions each sustaining a group of said articles, substantially asdescribed.-

In a machine for `packaging candies or other similar articles, the combination of the frame, means for advancing a sheet-like support for said articles having incisions extend'- ing part way across the same, means for depositing the. articles on said support, and means for effecting the separation of said support at said incisions into permanent divisions each sustaining a group of said articles, substantially as described. V

7 In amachine for packaging candies or other similar articles, the combination of the frame, means for advancing a sheet-like support for said articles having incisionseach of 'which extends from one to the other marginal portion of said support, means for depositing the articles on said support, and means for detaching the marginal portions of said support along aline approximately coincident with the ends of said incisions, substantially as described.

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8.' In a machine for packaging candies or other similar articles, the combination of the frame, means for advancing a sheet-like vsupport for said articles having incisions each of which extends from one to the other marginal portion of said support, and means for cutting said support along a line longitudinal of said marginal portions and approximately coincident with theends of tially as described.

9. VIn a machine. for packaging candies or said incisions, substan- IIO the like, the combination of an approximately horizontal movable Isupport adapted lto advance the articles in the. machine, and coni vergent. walls disposed above said support with their discharge ends the closer together so as to bring said articles into close disposition during the advance of said support, substantially as described.

` In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of December, 1903. v

ERNST F. W. WIEDA.

Iithessesz -J JOHN. W. STEWARD, ROBERT J. PoLLrr'r.

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